day，month，year，2。30A。M……forthesakeofouroldfriendshipIaskyoutoputsomeworkinthewayofMr。JamesSo-and-so，inwhom，etc。，etc……Iwasevenreadytowriteinthatstrainabouthim。Ifhehadnotenlistedmysympathieshehaddonebetterforhimself——hehadgonetotheveryfountandoriginofthatsentiment，hehadreachedthesecretsensibilityofmyegoism。Iamconcealingnothingfromyou，becausewereItodosomyactionwouldappearmoreunintelligiblethananyman’sactionhastherighttobe，and——inthesecondplace——to-morrowyoushallforgetmysincerityalongwiththeotherlessonsofthepast。
Inthistransaction，tospeakgrosslyandprecisely，Iwastheirreproachableman；butthesubtleintentionsofmyimmortalityweredefeatedbythemoralsimplicityofthecriminal。Nodoubthewasselfish，too，buthisselfishnesshadahigherorigin，amoreloftyaim。Idiscoveredthat，saywhatIwould，hewaseagertogothroughtheceremonyofexecution；andIdidn’tsaymuch，forIfeltthatinargumenthisyouthwouldtellagainstmeheavily：
hebelievedwhereIhadalreadyceasedtodoubt。Therewassomethingfineinthewildnessofhisunexpressed，hardlyformulatedhope。“Clearout!
Couldn’tthinkofit，“hesaid，withashakeofthehead。“ImakeyouanofferforwhichIneitherdemandnorexpectanysortofgratitude，“Isaid；
“youshallrepaythemoneywhenconvenient，and……““Awfullygoodofyou，“hemutteredwithoutlookingup。Iwatchedhimnarrowly：thefuturemusthaveappearedhorriblyuncertaintohim；buthedidnotfalter，asthoughindeedtherehadbeennothingwrongwithhisheart。Ifeltangry——notforthefirsttimethatnight。“Thewholewretchedbusiness，“Isaid，“isbitterenough，Ishouldthink，foramanofyourkind……““Itis，itis，“hewhisperedtwice，withhiseyesfixedonthefloor。Itwasheartrending。